diff --git a/test/targets/test_mongo_target.py b/test/targets/test_mongo_target.py
index 9c00ea0..7fc1779 100644
--- a/test/targets/test_mongo_target.py
+++ b/test/targets/test_mongo_target.py
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@ class MongoTargetTest(MongoTest):
         t.persist(d)
 
         u = MongoTarget(collection, id)
-        assert u.retrieve() == d
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+        assert u.retrieve() == d
+
+    def test_scaling(self):
+        # There was an issue in the past where creating too many targets
+        # blew things up because it would allocate threads on construction.
+        # Make sure we can trivially scale correctly
+        targets = [MongoTarget('test_collection', i) for i in range(10000)]
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(targets), 10000)
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